| 1 | Competition regime: Utilities The Utilities Practice note outlines the UK's system for regulating its telecommunications, gas, electricity and water industries. Utility regulation is a complex topic of considerable political and economic importance and this note covers the principles of regulation following industry privatisation and future plans for regulation. The powers of the Office of Fair Trading and the various sectoral regulators under the Competition Act 1998 are examined, together with the combined effect of the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 2 | Electricity Market Reform (EMR) This note examines Electricity Market Reform (EMR) introduced by the EMR White Paper in 2011, including the draft Energy Bill 2012 published in May 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 3 | EU competition law and postal services This Practice note considers the application of EU competition law to postal services. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 4 | EU motor vehicles block exemption This Practice note considers the scope and application of the EU motor vehicles block exemption Regulations 1400/2002 and 461/2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 5 | Insurance block exemption This Practice note considers the scope of the European Commission's insurance block exemption Regulation 267/2010. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Liberalisation of the EU electricity market: Directive 2003/54 This Practice note considers the scope of EU Directive 2003/54 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity. The Directive was repealed as of 3 March 2011, and replaced by Directive 2009/72. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | Liberalisation of the EU natural gas market: Directive 2003/55 This Practice note considers the scope of EU Directive 2003/55 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas. It also considers Regulation 1775/2005 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks. (Both Directive 2003/55 and Regulation 1775/2005 are to be repealed as of 3 March 2011, and replaced by Directive 2009/73 and Regulation 715/2009, respectively.) | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Mergers in the water sector This Practice note considers the merger control regime for the assessment of mergers between water companies in England and Wales under the Water Industry Act 1991, as amended by the Enterprise Act 2002. It outlines the scope of the special merger control regime, notes the areas in which the assessment procedures differ from those applied to standard merger cases, considers the form and application of the substantive assessment, and reviews the implementation of appropriate remedies. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Net neutrality This note explains the principle of net neutrality and what regulation exists and is likely to be introduced to preserve the neutrality of the internet in the EU and the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 10 | Sector inquiries This Practice note considers the European Commission's powers to conduct a sector inquiry under Article 17 of Regulation 1/2003. The Commission uses a sector inquiry to gain a better understanding of the functioning of a specific market and to uncover possible breaches of Articles 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Practice note provides guidance on procedures used by the Commission to obtain information during a sector inquiry and considers examples of Commission practice in this area. It also provides an overview of the complementary Consumer Market Watch process, introduced in January 2008. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | The application of EU competition law to air transport This Practice note considers the application of EU competition law to air transport. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | The application of EU competition law to maritime transport This Practice note considers the application of EU competition law to maritime transport. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | The third energy liberalisation reform package This Practice note considers the application of the third energy liberalisation package, consisting of Directive 2009/72 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, Directive 2009/73 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, Regulation 713/2009 establishing the Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators, Regulation 714/2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and Regulation 715/2009 on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks. The deadline for member states to implement the two Directives was 3 March 2011, except as regards the provisions on unbundling, where member states have been granted an extra 12 months, and on third-country companies, where an additional 24 months have been granted. The Regulations also largely apply from 3 March 2011. | Practice notes | Maintained |